So how do you handle the guys on call over a weekend? They may not get
dispatched, but they are the tech responsible for responding in case of
an outage, thus avoiding management having to hunt someone down on a
sat. nite to work an outage.
c
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of John Scrivner
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:33 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] on call staff
I prefer to speak for myself regarding MVN policy on overtime since I
run the company. We do not work our salaried staff like sled dogs
regardless of the way Dave may have been misunderstood in his message.
Dave did include a smiley face which was supposed to indicate he was
joking. I have never told staff that they have to work more than 40
hours per week without compensation. I have told them that as a salary
worker they are to make sure the job is done at all times regarding
their position. Only professional level staff are on salary. They are
not required to maintain a daily log of their time. They can and are
encouraged to come and go as they please to handle their personal and
work lives. If they work a long day I would expect them to take the next
day off or leave early, etc. This is called "comp" time and is a
legitimate way of handling settlement of extra work hours. I know that
my staff understands this. My labor intensive techs work by the hour.
They get paid time and a half for anything over 40 hours per week. They
get paid sick time. They get paid personal days. They get paid
vacations. They get paid holidays. They get bonuses. Just setting the
record straight here.
Scriv
Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
" Put 'em on salary, that way you can work them as much as you want
without
guilt. ;) "
That would be incorrect big-time..... Check you local labor laws.
Most states, just because someone is on 'Salary' does not automatically
make
them in-eligible for over-time pay.
Keep your life simple, and your moral & principles intact for the long
run.
A work week is 40Hr, when someone works more than that, the need to
paid
Overtime pay.
There are other ways to deal with 'spike' in work time durations,
Comp-time,
variable schedule etc.
The bigger issue in reality is .... How not to overburden and Burnout
your
after hours person !
These folks are a lot harder to find, if and when you loose such a
person,
you would be paying a very heavy personal price for it....
Faisal Imtiaz
SnappyDSL.net
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of David E. Smith
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:16 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] on call staff
chris cooper wrote:
How do the rest of you compensate tech staff for on call duties? We
have an on call tech that monitors network remotely throughout weekend
and is responsible for rolling to tower/major customer in case of
outage.
Put 'em on salary, that way you can work them as much as you want
without
guilt. ;)
I'm not a tower climber, but I'm the one on-call pretty much all the
time.
In the event of a big problem, I'll usually triage it (drive to the
tower,
see if it's just a power outage or something else I can't easily fix),
and
if it's something for which we need the tower guy, I call him (and he
gets
normal overtime pay).
David Smith
MVN.net
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